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[AFP] CHINA : 'Suspicious liquids' used in plane crash attempt: China "Passengers carrying suspicious liquids on board a Chinese airliner were involved in what officials have called an attempted terror attack last week, the national aviation authority said Monday""A government official from the Muslim:dominated region of Xinjiang in China's northwest had said the flight crew had foiled Friday's alleged attempt to deliberately crash a plane flying from the region's capital of Urumqi to Beijing""According to sources, flammable substances were found in the toilet of the plane. At least two passengers have been detained for questioning""the flight diverted to Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, because "some people were attempting to create an air disaster.""But we can be sure that this was a case intending to create an air crash"http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080310/wl_afp/chinaattacksoly2008xinjiangliquids